Hospital care in later life among former world-class Finnish athletes

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People who are physically fit may be healthier in general throughout their lives than people who are inactive. This was demonstrated in a study comparing hospitalization rates in Finnish athletes with rates in sedentary Finns. The athletes spent less time in the hospital than their sedentary counterparts for many major diseases, including cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, gastrointestinal disease and cancer. This was true even in the final years of their lives. However, they spent more time in the hospital for musculoskeletal diseases.

Physical fitness, Athletes

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Relationship of leisure-time physical activity and mortality: the Finnish Twin Cohort

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Physical activity may lead to lower mortality rates. An analysis of death rates among approximately 16,000 men and women participating in the Finnish Twin study. Between 1977 and 1994, 1,253 people died. Those who exercised at least 6 times a month for 30 minutes had about half the death rate of those who never exercised at all. This was true even among 434 pairs of twins, one of whom had died. This indicates that genetic factors are not responsible for the reduced death rate seen in other groups who exercise on a regular basis.

Patient outcomes, Mortality, Exercise

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Environmental and heritable factors in the causation of cancer: analyses of cohorts of twins from Sweden, Denmark, and Finland

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Most cancer probably have an environmental cause rather than a genetic cause. This was the conclusion of researchers who analyzed cancer rates in 44,788 pairs of twins in Swedish, Finnish, and Danish twin registries. The strongest hereditary component occurred in stomach, colorectal, lung, breast, and prostate cancer. Nevertheless, heredity only accounted for about 42% of the risk of prostate cancer, 35% of the risk of colorectal cancer, and 27% of the risk of breast cancer.

Diseases, Genetic aspects, Cancer, Cancer genetics

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